PFAPA,

Ory Madgar1, Amber D Shaffer2, David H Chi2

  • 1Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

概括

患有周期性发烧,口腔口炎,耳炎和宫腺炎 (PFAPA) 综合征的患者在桃体切除术后不会面临立即术后发烧的风险增加. 这项研究发现发烧的发病率很低,这表明目前的管理方案可能过于谨慎.

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